> So who has release dates or advance tease-me reviews of his new album, the > Rotator Assembly album or the 12" on Harmony Park (I think)??? How much is > Theo set to take over the world in '04?
I have the Rotating Assembly album. It's out in Japan already. At least, I have the first vinyl triple pack... there will be two! Not sure exactly how the tracklisting on this compares to the CD which is also out here on P-Vine, but Theo told me that there would be extra tracks on the vinyl packs. Actually, after a quick Google search I just found tracklistings for both on Cisco Records' site, where I guess anyone who's extra keen might be able to order it from (although I know some JP shops don't export): CD: 1 Mess I Made 2 Naturally 3 Take Me 4 The Stomp 5 KIngs Dance 6 Split Me Open 7 The Rust Orgaaanic 8 Ascension 9 Illumination 10 Orchestra Hall 11 Melt VINYL (PART 1): 1 Melt 2 Split Me Open 3 Mess I Made (instrumental) 4 Orchestral Hall 5 Take Me 6 Naturally 7 The Stomp And they have audio samples too: http://www.cisco-records.co.jp/cgi/item_detail.php?qId=46968 There's a nice range of tracks on offer for sure. Different tempos, different feels. About 50/50 vocal and instrumental. Of the vocal tracks I like Genevieve Marantette's track "Split Me Open" best, but the other vocalists are good too ("Take Me" is another favourite) and Theo says Sound Signature full-lengths will be forthcoming from most of them. The instrumental band tracks are cool too. I like the collaboration with Canadian band King Sunshine - "Mess I Made", and "The Stomp" is another dope organic track featuring a guitarist named Dumminie and some of the guys from Jazzhead. And as for "Orchestral Hall"... maybe some of y'all have heard this one already - it's a sick, sick, heavy strings session that's bound to become a classic. Also, I have a one hour interview with Theo in the can, recorded a couple of weeks back in Kyoto. I was gonna wait until I had a chance to edit it up with some tracks and stuff before I posted something here, but the promoters of Theo's upcoming Wellington, New Zealand show have jumped the gun and posted it on their website in it's full rough form so I guess you can go ahead and check it out if you want... http://www.matterhorn.co.nz/Theo.ram Excuse my own sickness on the mic, I came down with an evil flu straight after Theo's Osaka show. His latest tour here was by all accounts huge. The Osaka show was off the hook and I heard he pulled a couple of thousand punters in Tokyo. Of particular interest to some may be the Ugly Edits news towards the end of the interview ;) Oh, and I'm sure you Aussies might get a laugh out of Theo's anticipations for heading down under... I sure did. Andy
